Autie lee (smitherman) drake

Autie Lee Drake, 77, of Hamilton died Feb. 6 in Hamilton.

Services were held Feb. 7 at the Evant Funeral Home Chapel with Boyd Chambers officiating. Burial was in the Hillsdale Cemetery.

Born July 29, 1911 in Paint Rock, she was the daughter of the late R.A. Smitherman and Arkdelphia Hancock Smitherman.

She married R.C. Drake April 4, 1948. He preceded her in death July 16, 1984. She is also preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.

She had resided in Hamilton since December 1984. She was a home-maker. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.

Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers at the funeral were John H. Conner, Bobby Jo Carroll, Grant Bell, Claude Caddel, Travis Carroll and Lee Carroll.